Kunjabihari as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kunjabihari

What is the meaning of the name Kunjabihari ?

The baby name Kunjabihari is a Male name , 5 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /kʊndʒəbɪˈhaːri/; respelling: KOON-juh-bi-HAH-ree.

Kunjabihari is Hindi, Sanskrit in Origin.

From Sanskrit kunja ‘bower, grove’ + vihari ‘roamer, reveler’, Kunjabihari means “one who sports in the groves,” an epithet of Krishna evoking his playful pastimes in Vrindavan. The compound passed into Hindi and Braj Bhasha devotional speech and is also familiar in Bengali Vaishnava circles. As a given name, it is typically masculine and theophoric. Usage as a personal name is most common in North and East India among Vaishnava families, though occasional feminine use exists.

Usage spread through bhakti poetry and kirtans, where forms like “Shri Kunj Bihari” occur frequently, and into compound names (Kunjbihari Lal, Kunjbihari Das). Variants and spellings include Kunj Bihari, Kunja Bihari, Kunj Behari/Beharilal, Kunj Vihari, and Kunjavihari; short forms Kunj and Bihari also appear. The name conveys charm, playfulness, and pastoral sweetness associated with Krishna’s woodland lilas.

⚙ Kunjabihari is about as rare as a name gets. We hold just 7 recorded uses of it, from 3 countries.